Texas Tech got fed up with all the West Virginia talk early on this week.

The Mountaineers had the shiny national ranking and the ballyhooed quarterback, the team everybody across the country was talking about.

The Red Raiders weren't impressed.

“I don’t feed into the hype,” safety D.J. Johnson said days before teams met.

Tech assured its defense was up to the task against Geno Smith and company. The offense, they added, was capable of keeping pace with anyone.

Tech proved those claims and then some on Saturday during one of the biggest wins of the Tommy Tuberville era, a 49-14 triumph over the No. 5 Mountaineers.

It was Tuberville’s sixth career coaching win against a team ranked in the top five, and it was Tech’s most lopsided win ever against a team with such a ranking.

As the final gun sounded, players drenched Tuberville in an icy Gatorade bath and students poured onto the field in celebration.

“I always wanted to be a part of that,” said quarterback Seth Doege, who authored a career performance with 499 yards and six touchdown passes. “That was awesome.”

The Red Raiders dominated so completely that it was hard to pick out which unit impressed the most.

“This is truly a team, city and university win,” Tuberville said. “I couldn’t be any prouder of them.”

Tech held West Virginia, a team averaging 59 points per game in its first two Big 12 contests, to just a pair of scores, one of them coming with the outcome no longer in question.

The Red Raiders applied pressure to Smith, who had garnered early Heisman Trophy talk, and kept close tabs on his speedy receivers Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey.

Even with the loss of senior cornerback Cornelius Douglas, who exited with a knee bruise in the first quarter, Tech’s secondary was stellar against the vaunted West Virginia passing attack. Tre Porter excelled in coverage against the shifty Austin, and backup corner Bruce Jones broke up several deep passes.

“Bruce had a huge game,” Johnson said.

Doege, meanwhile, overcame a rough performance against Oklahoma one week earlier to put together one of his best career games. He completed 32 of 42 passes and tossed only one incompletion in the second half. His lone interception came on a ball that was on target but squirted out of the hands of Alex Torres.

Offensive coordinator Neal Brown said he believed Doege was “sitting on a big performance,” and the senior delivered.

“I can’t say enough about the kid,” Brown said. “He came out and played loose, and he was on point.”

Doege raved about the protection he was provided. He was sacked just once and was rarely pressured, giving the game, he said, the feel of 7-on-7 skeleton drills in practice, when he faces no pass rush.

The fluky turnover was one of the rare times Tech’s offense came up short. The home team scored on its opening drive, going 75 yards in six plays. The series ended in a 39-yard touchdown pass to Jace Amaro, who had a career day of his own. The 6-foot-5, 257-pound tight end caught five passes for 156 yards.

Amaro took a huge hit at the end of the first half, and Tuberville said the tight end was throwing up during most of the halftime break. But he returned to the game and caught a 27-yard pass that helped Tech set up a touchdown in the third quarter that put the Red Raiders up, 42-7.

“He is already a great player,” Doege said of Amaro, “but he’s going to be one of the top players in the nation one day.”

Darrin Moore caught nine passes for 92 and a three touchdowns — tying a career high — two of them in the second half. Doege’s touchdown passes went for 39, 19, 16, 2, 29 and 7 yards.

The Red Raiders (5-1, 2-1 in Big 12 Conference) never slowed down after their opening score. The knockout punch may have come before halftime. With only 35 seconds left in the second quarter, SaDale Foster beat West Virginia defenders to the corner and turned on the jets for a 53-yard touchdown that put Tech up 35-7.

With West Virginia’s quick-strike capability, that lead didn’t seem 100 percent safe, but the Tech defense made sure it was.

“I think we’re back to where we want to be,” said Tech safety Cody Davis, who registered a season-high 13 tackles. “Everybody was wanting to know how it feels to face the great offense and the Heisman hopeful. We get excited for that. You can see it out there on the field. Everybody came ready to play, and we played great defense.”

The Red Raiders constantly harassed Smith, who came into the game completing 81 percent of his passes but connected on just 29 of 55 attempts for 275 yards and one touchdown.

“Their D-line did a great job of being aggressive the entire game,” Smith said. “They pinned their ears back, and they were coming after me.”

West Virginia running back Andrew Buie, who rushed for a career-high 207 yards last week, was limited to 71 yards on 21 carries.

The Mountaineers (5-1, 2-1) scored 70 points three weeks ago, but they could never find rhythm against a Tech defense that missed few tackles and gave up even fewer big plays.

The unit stepped up when it needed to most, limiting the Mountaineers to one of six fourth-down conversions. One week earlier, West Virginia was five-for-five in such situations during a 48-45 win against Texas.

After scoring on its second drive, West Virginia didn’t score again until less than 3 minutes remained in the game.

Tech can become bowl eligible with a win next week against TCU in Fort Worth.

After a dominating day in Lubbock, though, it appears the Red Raiders have their sights set much higher than that.

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I can't remember a more complete performance for 60 minutes for a Tech game in some time. Of course seldom do we have control over the weather, but today it was on our side as well, but that has always been a Lubbock thing.

The crowd was absolutely wonderful and although they are more dependent on the field play, when the team delivered they did as well.

The team was fantastic defense and offense, sure WVU got 400 total yards, but their system is designed to do just this. Our defense checked them.

Now let's put together a few more of these games and Tech will start turning some heads nationally. The very thing I said before the games started as I was watching the blowout in Dallas was maybe last week wasn't a fluke, OU could be really strong, and they needed a whole lot of breaks to beat us the way they did.

ISU almost beat K-State, so it is possible that our opponents very well may be much better than some think, and this team might just be something very special. Yes, other teams have had high profile wins, but never this dominating.

I am so proud of our team. I just signed up on here. I've been following these blogs for years, reading all the stuff since way back when Leach got the shaft, etc. I loved Leach and was depressed when he left, but I vowed to give Tubs a chance because it was team first and I'm loyal to our team through thick and thin. I was in Lubbock last weekend for the OU game until the bitter end. It was a GREAT day to see Texas get stomped and Tech stomp WVU against all the odds and naysayers. Well how about them Red Raiders, shutting down the powerhouse offense with DEFENSE..who would ever have thought, maybe it has finally arrived on the plains. Just a great day. Now where is that little loser Irish guy who hangs out on other school's websites that always comes on here and bashes Tech and knows nothing about our awesome school and town. And for all those who "had already handed the Big 12 to WV," learn from this. Anything can happen on the field and in life, that's why you play the games, that's why you get up each day. Win the Big 12, why not us....LET'S GO TECH!!

What happened to all those negative haters that laughed at tech when the preseason experts had tech picked to finish 9th in the big 12? We know who you are on this blog... Don't make us call you out on here or copy and paste your foolish thoughts.

Great win against a good west virginia team. Beat tcu!!
Vote republican......go tech

I think most of the experts said we couldn't win. Most said we can compete, but in the end WVU will be too much. I guess Cowherd's prediction was a pretty good one! I was disappointed last week, but I knew we were better than that. I'm glad that they cleaned up all the mistakes. I'm happy for Doege bouncing back and having a great game! I think when he should keep it up and if he can't find anything don't force it and keep running it for 5-15 yards. He made better decisions. Great game Seth! Great game to the whole team, both offense and defense! Enjoy this one and get ready for TCU, that Boykin kid is pretty good, but I think we can confuse him and keep in check. As long as we get better every week, we can win those 9 games I predicted, maybe even more! Go Tech beat TCU!!!

Tech played a great game. Now will they break the jinix. Historically the Raiders have not handled success very well. The town is on a high, the school is on a high, so the team is on a high. We are noted for following up big wins with poor performances.

Why am I concerned---this quote. "I think we're back to where we want to be," said Tech safety Cody Davis. Really?

49-14 is an upset? Coming in here ranked #5 and getting beat 24-21 because of a refs questionable call or something is an upset. This was a beating, justified by 60 minutes of playing hard and good preparation. Hopefully now we'll see some game to game consistency. Fantastic game. Voice is almost gone.

I believe our guys realize what happened last season after the Oklahoma win & will do their best not to allow it happen again. TCU is a good team. Their defense is good & WVU defense is garbage. I'm taking this game personal because of the embarrassment of a Defense we fielded last season with Glasgow as our coordinator. Our defense have went from 114th to 2nd. Wow! Pinch Me! What a great signature win. Hopefully we can keep winning. I guess Neal Brown read our posts about his horrible play calls last week. He had the offense ready & our defense....... Art Kaufman..... Enough said. I know he would give the credit to the players so im going to give him the credit. Guys, you can put all the Democrats & Republicans in a bag, shake them up & you will get 95% ____ __ ____ (fill in the blanks)

Been in Lubbock for less than a year. Can't tell you how awesome it was to be at this game! There was not one phase of the game that Tech did not excel at. Game ball to Kaufman for sure. How about the speed? Foster, Grant, even Jace turned on the burners for that long run after the catch. Greatest sequence of all ... D shuts them down near goal line, O drives it the length of the field for TD. Didn't just defeat them, we DEMORALIZED them, broke their will. Gonna be a great week in Lubbock!!!!

Props to Tuberville, all the coaches, entire roster, crowd, even the concession people were on fire! Anyone else think we should rest the horse and stick with the motorcycle entrance??!!

I was wrong. I thought Dana won the league when he won at Austin--because he's got the schedule.

And I was right. That was a very good Oklahoma team that played very well in Lubbock.

But I thought Tech should go ahead and show up and play the game--and boy did they ever.

KSU is no world beater. And they have a win over the best team in the league AT NORMAN. And they're going to get beat at WVU on Saturday.

TCU is no world beater. Art Kaufman was ranked #1 and since he has held OU to 380 yards and totally solved WVU by "holding" them to a bit over 400. I am serious when I say those are excellent defensive efforts. He will devise a scheme to contain this new jackrabbit TCU QB and give Tech a chance to win on the road.

I have 5,000 more comments, but that's enough.

Soak it in. That was fun. And it was no fluke. (I can read a box score.)

But I usually need something tangible and I got it yesterday. Im not going to be surprised if there is another hiccup but neither will I be surprised at the capability of these guys. Doege rewarded an outstanding defensive performance with one of his own. A great team effort. I heard some saying as we left yesterday that the same thing that happened last year after the OU game last year will probably happen again in Fort Worth. Anything can happen but I dont see a total collapse with this group, primarily because Art Kaufman isnt a wild eyed maniac like Glasgow. Yeah Colin Cowherd was right. Also great defensive play by the cops on the streaker guy.

I agree i wouldnt b suprised if its another hiccup but i dont think we have another total collapse like last season. TCU defense is good & is way tougher than WVU defense so it will be another test for Doege to see if he play well against a solid defense. I think he dont pass for 500 yards but 350 would be good with 3 TDs & 0 ints against TCU.

I'm an old man who played for Tech in the early seventies, though briefly.
I wasn't happy with they way Coach Leach was shafted (I'm presently reading the book Double T, Double Crossed and highly recommend it). But when Coach Tuberville was brought on board he recieved my fullest support. He had nothing to do with the ordeal.
Since his hiring I would, from my home in Fredericksburg, read the negative crap about him and want to puke thinking their are Red Raider fans impersonating TU fans everytime something went wrong as they do in Austin.
Give me a break, its time we all became TEAM players and support the program, Coach Tubberville and his staff.
Not afraid to state my name.
David Mayfield

ABC stopped showing the game in my market after the third quarter because it was a blow out. They switched to the BYU/Oregon State game. So because of ABC, I missed a fourth of the game. Hey ABC, people in the southeast don't give a rip about the PAC 12, you jerks.

A week ago , Eddie Haskell sounded just like irish and now he is lambasting him with the same old juvenile humor that we have come to expect. Actuall he seems to get a little sicker. O'well. Welcome back on the band wagon.

Was it you that started the "eddie haskell" thing, or did you steal that one from your hancer brethren? I find it interesting that you utilize the term "juvenile humor" and in the same stanza mention a playground nickname that you and the other hancer laughing boys have adopted for me. The name doesnt bother me, most certainly Ive been called worse by better. Doesnt really matter, I was just curious. Im not, nor do I want to be on your "bandwagon". Youre a hance hero worshiping troll. Sorry, its just the way it is. By the way, you cant get the games where you live on TV? If it were anyone else I would say that was sad. I didnt see it on tv, I was at the game. Let me summarize. Didnt like the motorcycle entrance, loved the game, didnt like the streaker (although, I'll bet your little shadow, bill214 did), and didnt like the guy who vomited on the way out of the stadium. You probably would have been disappointed, though, they didnt honor Kent Hance at halftime. Im sure they felt like they would never be able to get his throngs of fans off the field so that the football game could continue.